Deliberations continue Monday in Sanchez trial

The jury in the fraud trial of former Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez deliberated for a second day without reaching a verdict.

The jury left the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse just after 4 p.m. today. They are scheduled to resume on Monday.

Jurors had two questions for the court today, both centering on mail fraud statutes. Sanchez faces seven counts of mail fraud for allegedly rigging city hiring to reward political workers in the former Hispanic Democratic Organization.

The jury also is considering the fate of Aaron Delvalle, a Sanchez assistant who was accused of lying to a grand jury investigating hiring fraud.